{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62bc729dcf1ab400126c1e1b/6a777e3872138046c61ae0da?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Terri Lyne Carrington: A Dance Record for Dark Times","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62bc729dcf1ab400126c1e1b/1786215693862-bcc06ed2-ccd7-4d22-90a6-f9ba3c5ec152.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week we're putting <em>The Tonearm</em>'s needle on drummer, composer, and educator <strong>Terri Lyne Carrington</strong>.</p><p>Carrington has just released <em>Trip the Night Fantastic</em>, the second album from her group, Social Science. It’s built for the dance floor but unflinching on the topics of deportation, prison abolition, and climate collapse.</p><p>We talk about trusting collaborators before they've earned it, playing to a rare, fully attentive crowd at Newport, and calling herself a \"frustrated drummer\" on a record built from words as much as rhythm.</p><p>(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from <em>Trip the Night Fantastic</em>, the new album from Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science.)</p><p>—</p><h2><strong>Dig Deeper</strong></h2><p><strong>Artist and Album:</strong></p><ul><li>Visit Terri Lyne Carrington at <a href=\"https://www.terrilynecarrington.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">terrilynecarrington.com</a> and follow on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/terrilynecarrington/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@terrilynecarringtonofficial\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a>, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TerriLyneCarrington/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>, and <a href=\"https://terrilynecarrington.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a></li><li>Purchase <em>Trip the Night Fantastic</em> from <a href=\"https://candidrecords.shop.musictoday.com/product/XTCDCA062/terri-lyne-carrington-social-science-trip-the-night-fantastic-cd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Candid Records</a>, <a href=\"https://terrilynecarrington.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-night-fantastic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a>, or <a href=\"https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/trip-the-night-fantastic-terri-lyne-carrington-social-science/p8wxv3gy7vlkg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Qobuz</a>, and listen on your <a href=\"https://socialscience.lnk.to/tripthenightfantastic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">streaming platform of choice</a>.</li><li><a href=\"https://candidrecords.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Candid Records</a></li></ul><p><strong>Social Science:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.aaronparks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Parks</a> — piano; wrote \"Climate Song\"</li><li><a href=\"https://www.mattstevensmusic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Stevens</a> — guitar; proposed the album's title phrase and wrote the \"Solidarity Song\" riff</li><li><a href=\"https://morganguerin.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Guerin</a> — multi-instrumentalist and the album's co-producer</li></ul><p><strong>\"Riddim Song\" Collaborators:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://fatoumatadiawara.com/en/biography/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fatoumata Diawara</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.iamdeboray.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Debo Ray</a></li><li><a href=\"https://brendanavarrete.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brenda Navarrete</a></li></ul><p><strong>\"Blues Song\" and June Jordan:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.junejordan.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">June Jordan</a> — the poet's official site</li><li><a href=\"https://www.junejordan.net/these-poems.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"These Poems\"</a> — the poem set to music on the album</li><li><a href=\"https://ajamonet.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">aja monet</a> — the surrealist blues poet who performs it</li></ul><p><strong>Related Recordings:</strong></p><ul><li><em>We Insist 2025!</em> with Christie Dashiell, the Max Roach reimagining that interrupted this album — <a href=\"https://terrilynecarrington.bandcamp.com/album/we-insist-2025\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a></li><li><em>Waiting Game</em>, the 2019 Social Science debut given to its label without an advance — <a href=\"https://terrilynecarrington.bandcamp.com/album/waiting-game\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a></li><li>Max Roach's <em>We Insist! Freedom Now Suite</em> (1960) — <a href=\"https://www.jazztimes.com/features/columns/revisited-the-freedom-now-suite/?v=0b3b97fa6688\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">JazzTimes on the reissue</a></li></ul><p><strong>Institutions and Festivals:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://college.berklee.edu/jazz-gender-justice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice</a> — founded and directed by Carrington</li><li><a href=\"https://newportjazz.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Newport Jazz Festival</a> — where Social Science played on August 1, 2026</li></ul><p><strong>Also Mentioned:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://letterboxd.com/film/13th/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>13th</em></a> — Ava DuVernay's documentary</li><li><a href=\"https://www.grammy.com/news/three-new-categories-added-for-the-2024-grammys/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Best Alternative Jazz Album</a> — the Grammy category Carrington helped create, first awarded in 2024</li></ul><p>—</p><ul><li>Dig into this episode's complete show notes at <a href=\"https://www.podcast.thetonearm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast.thetonearm.com</a></li></ul><p>—</p><p>• Did you enjoy this episode? 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